“Back in 1988, the Postal Service tried a similar plan to put retail units in Sears stores in Chicago and Madison, Wis. APWU members picketed Sears headquarters in Chicago, mailed thousands of letters of protest to then Sears Chairman Ed Brennan and even cut up their Sears credit cards.
The pressure worked and a year later the program ended, with Sears saying it did not want to be at the center of a dispute between the Postal Service and the union. But the APWU’s membership now is almost half of what it was 25 years ago, and unions don’t carry the same clout they once did.”
Meanwhile the Post Office at Drake is closed due to flood 4 months ago. The wheels of the mail are locked up by incompetence.
I wonder if UPS, FedEx or someone else will take their place?
I’ve got to admit. I have a lot of respect for some in the postal service.
Their income is being diverted into government slush accounts, modernization is thwarted at every turn and they still they manage keep their head above water. Yet, they keep plugging away.
Great idea to outsource the Postal Service to non-union Staples.
Another worthy idea would be to outsource janitorial services at the post office. In our town the Post Office janitors are paid more than $52,000 salary with benefits on top of the $52,000 annual salary.
Here's a hint, Mark. The jobs are not yours. They belong to the American taxpayer.
We have one in the Ace Hardware and the employees are not postal workers.
We now import Walmart junk from China rather than domestic produce.
These union clowns will all lose when the USPS goes tits up... keep it up, dumbasses.
Our local post office has gone from full time to part time with split window hours: 2 hrs at the start of the day and 2 at the end. Needless to say, the biggest issue is finding postal workers who want to work part time with a 5 hr unpaid “lunch” period.
When I was a kid, our local variety store had a post office. If you needed a package mailed, the store clerk would go over to the post office desk. It was good for the store, the neighborhood and the postal service.
Union leaders have been visiting Staples stores to meet with managers,...
A little bit of Caponeism?.
This concept works well in many parts of Canada, but one of the keys to its success is that Canada Post puts these retail desks in places that are far better suited for this than Staples or Sears: convenience stores. One big advantage is that many of these stores are open 24 hours a day, and while not every postal service is available during all of these hours, it sure beats the 8-5 weekday and 8-12 Saturday hours you find in my local post office.